Genomic Epidemiology and Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Bloodstream Infections in China
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- 21 December 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in mSystems
- Vol. 6 (6) , e0083721
Abstract
As a developing country, China has an unbalanced health care system due to regional differences in economic development. However, China is also a country worthy of study with regard to the population dynamics of MRSA within the more resource-rich health care systems.Keywords
Funding Information
- MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC1200203)
- MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC1600103)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81971984)
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